Cerebral amyloid angiopathy

Introduction: Cerebral amyloid angiopathy

Description of Cerebral amyloid angiopathy

Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (medical condition): Amyloidosis involves the abnormal deposit of a substance called...more »

Cerebral amyloid angiopathy: a pathologic condition of small cerebral vessels characterized by deposits of amyloid in the vessel walls, which may lead to infarcts or hemorrhage; may also occur in Alzheimer disease or Down syndrome.congophilic angiopathy.
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Cerebral amyloid angiopathy: A heterogeneous group of disorders that includes sporadic and familial forms, characterized clinically by cerebral ischemia (see BRAIN ISCHEMIA), CEREBRAL INFARCTION, and CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE. Pathologically the condition is marked by the deposition of AMYLOID in the walls of small blood vessels in the cerebral cortex and meninges. The sporadic form is associated with lobar cerebral hemorrhage in the elderly and ALZHEIMER DISEASE. (From Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol 1996 Jun;22(3):216-227; Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p852)
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Cerebral amyloid angiopathy: A heterogeneous group of disorders that includes sporadic and familial forms, characterized clinically by cerebral ischemia (see BRAIN ISCHEMIA); CEREBRAL INFARCTION; and CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE. Pathologically the condition is marked by the deposition of AMYLOID in the walls of small blood vessels in the cerebral cortex and meninges. The sporadic form is associated with lobar cerebral hemorrhage in the elderly and ALZHEIMER DISEASE. (From Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol 1996 Jun;22(3):216-227; Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p852).
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Cerebral amyloid angiopathy: Related Topics

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Cerebral amyloid angiopathy: Rare Disease

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Cerebral amyloid angiopathy is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Cerebral amyloid angiopathy, or a subtype of Cerebral amyloid angiopathy, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
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Cerebral amyloid angiopathy as a Disease

Cerebral amyloid angiopathy: Another name for Amyloidosis VI (or close medical condition association).
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Cerebral amyloid angiopathy: Related Diseases

Cerebral amyloid angiopathy: Cerebral amyloid angiopathy is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database: